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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Levi Antero (ranked 2652 p4p, 25022 weight class) and Matt Collins (ranked 299 p4p, 567 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Collins's choice of entrance music: .... These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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191 cm 20 195 4 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm 20 170 2 - 4 - 0 |
Solid boxing Very strong
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Decent boxing Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Levi Antero! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Collins! The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Antero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Collins. We've been told by Antero's head coaches at LazyFighters Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Antero misses with a straight left. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Antero. Antero throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Antero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Collins throws a hook to the side of Antero's head but Antero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Antero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Collins moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Antero throws a looping overhand right but Collins ducks down to avoid it. Antero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Collins sees it coming and avoids it easily. Collins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Antero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collins manages to avoid it. Collins throws a counter combo. Antero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Collins. Collins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Collins throws a hook but Antero avoids it easily. Antero clobbers Collins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Collins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Antero.
Levi Antero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sloppy strikes from Collins. Those never looked like landing. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Antero moves out of range as Collins strikes. Antero throws a right and a left that both miss. Antero misses with a looping right. Antero throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Collins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Antero is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
 Collins is rocked! Antero lands a nice leg kick that just misses Collins's sensitive parts. Collins is still on wobbly legs! Can Antero finish him? Antero cracks Collins with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Levi Antero! Jumping up and down and very excited, Levi Antero waved his t-shirt featuring UNSTOPPABLE NUTRITION's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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